Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-07
THE ROYAL ROMANCE.
Queen Victoria of England Preparing
for the Prince Consort-EON the
Little Royal Woman
Wooed and Won Her Husbsnd-The
Princes Death and the Widows
HeartbFoken Anguish.



snip and 5etrothGI of Queen Victoris
King Leopold Of Belgium, the favorit
uncle Of the young Queen, who had AWAY
exercised g loving supervision Of he
early training, brought about a visit c
Prince Albert of Sake CO3urE GOtha an
MS brother 10 England, in order that Viz
toris, who was then but - years old
might be brought n COltsC. wit
them L was not limited tha
she was expecteds 10 loo
upon one OF the princes as q pOsSiDl
husband Her gooj uncle intended tina
n case affection developed, love SHOULD
take its course. His plans resulted mos
happily and q sympathy of disposition:
anu tastes soon led to stronger bono
between Victoria and the gentle, cultured
Albert, Their first meeting was 81 9
9al. The youthful Queen and the
Prince were both there, and the Qleer
gave the Prince bouquet. WHAT 10 DC
with the gift was q puzzle TO the pos
SCISSOR, out it was only for moment that
ne stood in doubt, Taking cut mis-
knife he cut g slit in the tune Of the uni
form he wore, and right there-over
MS hesrt-plaCed securely the blossoms
The royal lady had given him. He had
lust few days before come from his
OWE home over the sea, and the Queen
asked him how he liked England. "Oh,
very mGCh" \ -Xt day the question was
sSEed again, and once or twice ofteneT il
vas put, until al length the Queen, with
! sweet trem0r n her voice and the
m2lLing blush Of the rose in her face,
ventured 10 say, "WOUld you not Ike to
stay in EnglGnd?' L Yves in this fashion
.lst the ordinary conditions OF the mo-
ncntOus event were reversed, and the
man ssid "Yesn 10 the wOmOn'S question.
The Queen wrote to King Leopold:
81 told Albert this morning Of i. The
warm affection be showed me on learning
this gave me great pleasure. He seems
perfection; and think that l nave the
prospect Of very great happiness before
ne. l love him more than l CGD say, and
snail 90 everything IN my power to render
this sacrifice for such, IN my opinion, il
IS. as small as 1 can. He seems to have
great tact-s very necessary thing in mis-
position. These few days have passed
Ike a dream 20 me, and lam so bewildeTed
" il 81 that | know hardly how to write
Cut 1 do feel very happy"
ALBERT'S LETTER HOME.
Prince Albert write as follows TO his
grandmother, the Dowager Duchess Of
G0tnG, who mad uIIed q mothers place to
MIN:
''T1e Queen sent for me alone to her
room few days ago snd declared TO me,
II genuine Outburst of love and sfec-
lion, that I mad gained her whole heart
sLQ would make her supremacy happy If
would make her the sacrifice of sharing
Ter life with her; for she said she looked
on 1t as sacrifice. The only thing that |
troubled her was inst she did not think I
she was worthy Of me- The Joyous open /
ness Of the manner in which she told me |
this quite enchanted me, and l was quite |
carried away by it. She is really most /
good ana amisble and ] am quite sure .
mat we shall be happy together"
Then the Queen called leT council and .
announced her Il sTTiage, In her diary |
sEe wrote
the room was full, but hardly knew
who was there Lord Melbourne | saw
looking kindly al ne with tesrs IN MS
eyes, but he was not near me. | then
read my short declaration. | felt that
my hands shook, but did not make one
mistake. I felt most happy and thankful
when ii was over.
one Of the ladies, eXCuSa5ly curious on
the matter, asked the Queen afterwards if
make such an announcement to the
Council. We are told that her reply was:
GOA, no that l considered simply as q
matter Of business; but I did feel some
embarrassment in making known TO the
Prince my feelings in his regards"
Next came the era of love letters
while the Prince was making his
in C1burg TO become en-
70 could but use the
words OF every true lover in high or low
estate. "AIl ] have 10 say IS, that while
I possess your love they cannot make me
AID so the weeks passed, +
and when February came the Prince
snGed st Dover, TO be welded now to
England as well as to Elgland's Queen,
and was received i0yously by the people
When be drove up to Buckingham pal
see il was to lind his bride "standing at
-le outer door eager to welcome hjm.n
lie was natuTaliZad on the following day
and created 8 field marshal Of England.
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY.
There was crest 1rilIianCy and displ az
81 ne marriage ceremony, bu5 It was not
without its simple touches. The Queen
herself acted with excellent taste. She
was wiser than some Of her Courtiers.
The Archbishop of Canterbury came TO
ler with some perturbation and the sug-
gestion mat IS she was Queen the pas
sage il the ritual bringing in
me vow OF obedience should be altered
ID ler case. ~ do not mean
20 be the less g wife though am
Queen said the bride firmly and sensi-
Oily, ands on no account would she {
allow Esny stampering with the re l
sponses at the altar. Nor would she have
he customary hour of service altered
Former royal marriages had taken place
ST night. The Queen insisted that hers
should be bY daylight and not later than
noon, and she stipulated also that there
should be nothing fsnciful about the
symbol for her tinger-''it must" she :
said, "be an ordinary wedding ring"
As at the coronation and her other !
public appearances, she had again ar :
ranged thst her dress should be of home
and from 8 native loom,
therefore, came the white satin of her
robe, and from deft English
fingers the lace with which it was
trimmed and the veil that hung from her
lesd. She was attended by twelve I
After the ceremony the !
Queen walked down the aisle hand in l
lgnd with her husband, "her eyes much |
swollen with tears, but great happiness